Posted on 10/11/2015 12:27:57 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
FULL TITLE: New Jersey Halloween Display Sparks Outrage, Homeowner Defends Display by Stating What’s More Terrifying than ‘the Real Threat Among Us?’
A New Jersey resident has sparked outrage with his graphic Halloween display depicting the atrocities of ISIS at the hands of Barack Obama himself.
The display which many calling are “tasteless,” features Barack Obama dressed as a Jihadist standing in front of a dead U.S. soldier hanging from a tree and a Jordanian pilot in cage. While the home’s owner understands why people may be offended by his holiday display, he defends his First Amendment right to express himself.
The owner, identified only as Matt stated that “We in this house do not like ISIS,” adding that “What greater scary man is there than the real threat among us?
Via NJ
Matt said he had admittedly politicized the decorations by installing them on Sept. 11 but that he didn’t do this “to make the neighbors happy.” Regarding the flag desecration on the hanged mannequin, Matt said he could see how that would upset some but that they should be more offended by the acts committed by ISIS.
Since media reports about his home began Thursday night, Matt said, his hanged soldier decoration has already been vandalized, but he plans to put it up again and “kick it up a notch.” He also said the vandalism had prompted him to set up security cameras to monitor his decorations and his property.
Matt said he took down the Obama mask and doesn’t plan to put it back up because he likes the ski mask better.
His friend, who asked to be identified as Bill Ecks, said most of the criticism received wasn’t from people who live in the cul de sac but from “social justice warriors with hurt feelings.”
“I think people are making more of this than it is,” he said.
Images via NJ.com
Of course, hanging Sarah Palin in effigy was okay, though.
Yep. Tough excrement libtards. Freedom of speech cuts both ways.
Barack al Hawaii abu Sharia needs to be called out.
Truth hurts
(Sarah Palin)
“Truth hurts”
for leftards, not for us. I have a saying “when a libtard gets his panty in a twist, we;re doing something right”.
But Ben and Jerry could put their Bush effigy on fire——and let it go on tour.
The left never ceases to amaze me.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pants-on-fire-bush-effigy-tours-the-u-s-1.495126
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That display is gold!
Oh boo hoo.
The display seems to be in the backyard. If so, how can the neighbors be so outraged?
"We have been getting some phone calls this morning complaining about it but if (the homeowner) isn't in violation of municipal code we have no reason to cite them," West Hollywood spokeswoman Helen Goss said.
"People have First Amendment rights (to free speech)," Goss said. "I would speculate that if it's part of a Halloween display then its political satire."
http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/10/27/us-usa-politics-palin-effigy-idUSTRE49Q79N20081027
Looks like ART to me. If you don’t like it, look the other way.
By the way, our complaints regarded FEDERAL FUNDING of liberal crap (literally, in some cases)...not the art itself.
He went too far by desecrating the American Flag in his display. There was not a need the shred and splatter red paint on our flag.
I think that is meant to be symbolic of what obozo has done to our country,
He is depicting terrorists. That’s what terrorists do.
That front lawn may or may not be the best place for such a display, but the homeowner is performing a service by refreshing our collective memory. My guess is most people have already forgotten about the young Egyptian pilot burned alive in a cage. This after his Muslim family went on the air to beg for his life. My presumption is most folks never even knew about it, or really listened to the story in the first place.
It is an expression of art. The liberals usually love that.
I don’t understand why People feel they owe an explanation about anything they do on their property.Especially a display like that.
If I were the owner of the property I’d tell the person asking the questions to “F”Off and go find something else to complain about.
“I think that is meant to be symbolic of what obozo has done to our country,”
Good point. Maybe a much needed symbolism in these times and reflective of a condition where desecrating the American Flag may be acceptable.
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